If an infant cries when the mother puts her down and walks away, and then stops crying when the mother picks the infant back up, does this represent an understanding of object permanence?

a. Yes
b. No
c. Yes, but only if the child is at least 2 months old
d. Not necessarily? it depends upon whether the child has a mental representation of the mother


d

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a. consider the social advantages of androgyny. b. respond to parental encouragements. c. establish their own gender identity. d. resolve an Oedipus/Electra complex.

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a. reincarnation b. rebirth c. regrowth d. recycling

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A) ?inferences B) ?systematic observation C) ?observable behavior D) ?unconscious processes

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